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From jailhouse to suburban rock: music once had the ability to appal and shock. Now the most radical symbol worn by fans on the streets is the iPod. As Fifty years ago, a 19-year-old truck driver walked into a Memphis recording studio and changed the world. There are, inevitably, furious arguments over ......(Continue Reading) Highway 61 Revisited: the Tangled Roots of American Jazz, Blues, Rock and Country Music Highway 61 Revisited: The Tangled Roots of American Jazz, Blues, Rock and Country Music By Gene Santoro Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2004, ......(Continue Reading)Elvis Costello: he's gone from being the "angriest man in music" to one of the busiest, collaborating with bigwigs, composing orchestral pieces, ELTON JOHN: You've always been the sort of artist who's willing to experiment and change your tune, from your rock "n' roll albums to your orchestral ......(Continue Reading)Subcultures, pop music and politics: skinheads and "Nazi rock" in England and Germany Right-wing extremist rock music--so-called "Nazi rock"--is one of the most problematic of popular musical genres. Emerging from the skinhead ......(Continue Reading)The Revs. Raewynne Whiteley of Swedesboro, N.J., and Beth Maynard of Fairhaven, Mass., have just completed Get Up Off Your Knees, Preaching the U2 Catalog The Revs. Raewynne Whiteley of Swedesboro, N.J., and Beth Maynard of Fairhaven, Mass., have just completed Get Up Off Your Knees, Preaching the U2 Catalog ......(Continue Reading)
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